The Boston Red Sox had another ho-hum offseason that set the team up for yet another season of mediocrity, and fans’ patience with ownership is wearing thin, especially given all the recent comments from John Henry and the ownership team that come across as tone-deaf and unaware of why fans are upset.
Ken Rosenthal recently empathized with Sox fans and believes they have completely valid reasons to be upset given the circumstances.
Rosenthal appeared on “Foul Territory” recently and pointed out that it has been “five years in which the Red Sox have been good only once,” while adding, “I would suggest to John Henry that maybe his fans have a point that maybe they’re right to be upset with the fact that they traded a Hall-of-Fame player in Mookie Betts, but in general, they have not acted like the Boston Red Sox should act.”
Rosenthal hit the nail on the head, as aside from the run to the ALCS in 2021, this team has finished in last place in three out of the last four years and is flirting with doing it again this year.
The Red Sox are also 11th in payroll at $182 million while their biggest rivals went out this offseason and acquired Juan Soto to push their payroll over $305 million.
The team struggled to hire a general manager this offseason as it became abundantly clear around the league that ownership continued to hamstring its front office from a payroll perspective, leaving the GM with the impossible task of building a great team.
The injury-ridden Sox are fighting hard at 33-34, but fans are right to believe ownership doesn’t have their back these days.
